I agree, very difficult to come out and say the Wings won't win, but it will be a very tough series nonetheless. While the Hawks don't have the size and mean streak that the Ducks have, they are very fast, and without Helm and DeKeyser we won't be able to match their speed, so we have to find a way to neutralize it. I say Wings in 7.

I agree, very difficult to come out and say the Wings won't win, but it will be a very tough series nonetheless. While the Hawks don't have the size and mean streak that the Ducks have, they are very fast, and without Helm and DeKeyser we won't be able to match their speed, so we have to find a way to neutralize it. I say Wings in 7.

Push it long enough, and we may get one of those guys back

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Howard has to outplay Crawford by a farely large margin for Wings to have a chance. He didn't really elevate his game against the Ducks like I thought he would. That being said I think the Hawks win in 6 games, i hope i'm wrong.

I will never stop believing. I think the key for Detroit is to get the jump on a team who has spent a week not playing games. The realist in me says Hawks in 7, which would be an impressive feat in itself for the Wings to push it that far.

Hockey pools, I got Hawks in 7. In my heart? I won't stop believing. This team already went beyond expectations. Time to enjoy the ride

Howard has to outplay Crawford by a farely large margin for Wings to have a chance. He didn't really elevate his game against the Ducks like I thought he would. That being said I think the Hawks win in 6 games, i hope i'm wrong.

Howard had a couple bad games, but in games 6 and 7, he was money. IF he can build on that, we have a chance.

Edit: Is it just me or is it AWESOME to finally not have to play the Sharks in round 2?

"If I were to wish for anything, I should not wish for wealth and power, but for the passionate sense of the potential, for the eye which, ever young and ardent, sees the possible. Pleasure disappoints, possibility never. And what wine is so sparkling, what so fragrant, what so intoxicating, as possibility!" - Kierkegaard

And, sure, they can take it to us in the regular season - but, shoddy though we've been in the postseason these past few seasons, you know what? We're the playoff experts. We've been doing this for 22 straight seasons. Squaring off against ridiculously good clubs, some of which (Avs, Ducks) definitely had our number but, in some cases, still fell.

If Z and D can keep chugging along (Z especially, IMHO), if we can keep getting solid efforts from up and down the line-up, if our blue line can keep from imploding, and if Howard can play to the best of his abilities every night...we've got a real good shot, I think.

"If I were to wish for anything, I should not wish for wealth and power, but for the passionate sense of the potential, for the eye which, ever young and ardent, sees the possible. Pleasure disappoints, possibility never. And what wine is so sparkling, what so fragrant, what so intoxicating, as possibility!" - Kierkegaard

The Blackhawks don't scare me. I think we could take them under most circumstances, but the deck is severely stacked against us considering how the first round went for both teams. Chicago had virtually no travel, won in 5 games and is going to be well rested. Oh yeah, they have home ice and the best record in the league too. Meanwhile, we've been flying back and forth across the country over and over again in a hard fought, OT filled, 7 game series against the Ducks.

It would make my season if we knocked out the Hawks, but I have a hard time seeing it happen.

Well, after you called the series over when the Ducks went up 3-2, I can definitely say you are no Nostradamus.

I am picking the Hawks in 7, but that is because they are rolling right now. The Wings will get a couple wins just from sheer will and determination. In the end though, Chicago is just that good.

The Blackhawks don't scare me. I think we could take them under most circumstances, but the deck is severely stacked against us considering how the first round went for both teams. Chicago had virtually no travel, won in 5 games and is going to be well rested. Oh yeah, they have home ice and the best record in the league too. Meanwhile, we've been flying back and forth across the country over and over again in a hard fought, OT filled, 7 game series against the Ducks.

It would make my season if we knocked out the Hawks, but I have a hard time seeing it happen.

I haven't watched the Hawks much this year, but I just have a gut feeling that the Wings aren't tired. We are younger now and haven't seen any fatigue last series.

I'm happy with the season now but I don't see why the Wings couldn't win. I hear Sharp has been mediocre, and we can shut down at least one of Toews, Lane or Hossa. We didn't have Brunner, Anderson and Nyquist playing well last time the teams met. Franzen wasn't scoring, either, and our defense wasn't playing so well.

I feel like basing predictions off the regular season series is wrong in this case.

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My blood pressure through the roof in 7 days is my prediction. Debating whether I listen to sports radio or not these next weeks (I am in Illinois so I get Chicago radio).

They have already said on the radio (not sure if it was update guy or the 2 hosts) that its a good thing they are facing Detroit instead of Anaheim because they dominated us during the regular season. Really?!! 3 games to OT and 1 blow out, just because you won them all does not equal domination. And isn't there a thing about if you beat a team a lot in regular season, its harder in playoffs? (or maybe thats football).